Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 5, 2023 / Notices 84301 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request Approval 

To Revise and Extend an Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request approval to revise 

and extend a currently approved 

information collection, the Milk and 

Milk Products Surveys. Revision to 

burden hours will be needed due to 

changes in the size of the target 

population, sample design, and/or 

questionnaire length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 5, 2024 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0020, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Efax: (855) 838–6382. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: Richard Hopper, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: Richard Hopper, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph L. Parsons, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. Copies of 

this information collection and related 

instructions can be obtained without 

charge from Richard Hopper, NASS 

Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–2206. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Milk and Milk Products 

Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0020. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2024. 

Type of Request: To revise and extend 

a currently approved information 

collection for a period of three years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) is to collect, prepare and issue 

State and national estimates of crop and 

livestock production, prices and 

disposition as well as economic 

statistics, farm numbers, land values, 

on-farm pesticide usage, pest crop 

management practices, as well as the 

Census of Agriculture. The Milk and 

Milk Products Surveys obtain basic 

agricultural statistics on milk 

production and manufactured dairy 

products from farmers and processing 

plants throughout the nation. Data are 

gathered for milk production, dairy 

products, evaporated and condensed 

milk, manufactured dry milk, and 

manufactured whey products. Milk 

production and manufactured dairy 

products statistics are used by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to 

help administer federal programs and by 

the dairy industry in planning, pricing, 

and projecting supplies of milk and 

milk products. Only minor changes are 

planned for the questionnaires and 

sample sizes. The Milk Production 

Survey will continue to be conducted 

quarterly (January, April, July, and 

October) and monthly estimates for the 

non-quarterly months will still be 

published for the total number of dairy 

cows, the number of cows milked, and 

the total milk produced. Estimates for 

the non-survey months will be 

generated by using a combination of 

administrative data, regression 

modeling, and historic data. In April 

2012 NASS discontinued the collection 

of Dairy Product Prices. This data is 

now collected by the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) in compliance 

with the Mandatory Price Reporting Act 

of 2010, and the amended section 273(d) 

of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

1946. 

Authority: Voluntary dairy 

information reporting is conducted 

under authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). 

Individually identifiable data collected 

under this authority are governed by 

section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 

1985 (7 U.S.C. 2276), which requires 

USDA to afford strict confidentiality to 

non-aggregated data provided by 

respondents. 

Mandatory dairy product information 

reporting is based on the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946, as amended by 

the Dairy Market Enhancement Act of 

2000 and the Farm Security and Rural 

Development Act of 2002 (U.S.C. 1637– 

1637b). This program requires each 

manufacturer to report to USDA the 

price, quantity, and moisture content of 

dairy products sold and each entity 

storing dairy products to report 

information on the quantity of dairy 

products stored. Any manufacturer that 

processes, markets, or stores less than 

1,000,000 pounds of dairy products per 

year is exempt. USDA is required to 

maintain information, statistics, or 

documents obtained under these Acts in 

a manner that ensures that 

confidentiality is preserved regarding 

the identity of persons and proprietary 

business information, subject to 

verification by the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) under Public 

Law 106–532. This Notice is submitted 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office 

of Management and Budget regulations 

at 5 CFR part 1320. All NASS 

employees and NASS contractors must 

also fully comply with all provisions of 

the Confidential Information Protection 

and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) 

of 2018, title III of Public Law 115–435, 

codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35. CIPSEA 

supports NASS’s pledge of 

confidentiality to all respondents and 

facilitates the agency’s efforts to reduce 

burden by supporting statistical 

activities of collaborative agencies 

through designation of NASS agents, 

subject to the limitations and penalties 

described in CIPSEA. NASS uses the 

information only for statistical purposes 

and publishes only tabulated total data. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average approximately 

13 minutes per response. This average is 

based on the 7 different surveys in the 

information collection: 2 monthly, 4 

quarterly, and 1 annual. The estimated 

total number of responses is 65,500 

annually, with an average annual 

frequency of 4.30 responses per 

respondent. NASS will continue to use 

cover letters to explain the importance 

and uses of this data series along with 

how the respondent can access and 

report their data using the secure 

internet connection that NASS is using. 

Respondents: Farms and businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

14,950. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 11,435 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological or 


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other forms of information technology 

collection methods. All responses to 

this notice will become a matter of 

public record and be summarized in the 

request for OMB approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, November 15, 

2023. 

Joseph L. Parsons, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26692 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–61–2023] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 26, 

Notification of Proposed Production 

Activity; Mohawk Carpet Distribution, 

LLC; (Machine-Made Woven and 

Tufted Rugs of Polypropylene); 

Calhoun and Sugar Valley, Georgia 

Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., 

grantee of FTZ 26, submitted a 

notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) on 

behalf of Mohawk Carpet Distribution, 

LLC (Mohawk), located in Calhoun and 

Sugar Valley, Georgia, within FTZ 26. 

The notification conforming to the 

requirements of the Board’s regulations 

(15 CFR 400.22) was received on 

November 28, 2023. 

Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 

production activity would be limited to 

the specific foreign-status material(s)/ 

component(s) and specific finished 

product(s) described in the submitted 

notification (summarized below) and 

subsequently authorized by the Board. 

The benefits that may stem from 

conducting production activity under 

FTZ procedures are explained in the 

background section of the Board’s 

website—accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. 

The proposed finished products 

include machine-made rugs of 

polypropylene (woven with pile, woven 

without pile, and tufted) (duty rate 

ranges from duty-free to 6%). 

The proposed foreign-status material/ 

component is continuous filament 

polypropylene (CFPP) yarn (single-ply 

and multi-ply (twisted or cabled)) (duty 

rate is 8.8% and 8%, respectively). The 

request indicates that the material/ 

component is subject to duties under 

section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 

(section 301), depending on the country 

of origin. The applicable section 301 

decisions require subject merchandise 

to be admitted to FTZs in privileged 

foreign status (19 CFR 146.41). As 

requested, FTZ authority would be 

subject to the following restrictions: (1) 

the annual volume of CFPP yarn that 

Mohawk may admit into the proposed 

subzone under NPF status be limited to 

2.9 million kilograms, and (2) any 

approval be limited to five years. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

January 16, 2024. 

A copy of the notification will be 

available for public inspection in the 

‘‘Online FTZ Information System’’ 

section of the Board’s website. 

For further information, contact Diane 

Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov. 

Dated: November 29, 2023. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26621 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–62–2023] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183, 

Notification of Proposed Production 

Activity; Flextronics America, LLC; 

(Automated Data Processing 

Machines); Austin, Texas 

Flextronics America, LLC submitted a 

notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for 

its facility in Austin, Texas within 

Subzone 183C. The notification 

conforming to the requirements of the 

Board’s regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on November 28, 2023. 

Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 

production activity would be limited to 

the specific foreign-status material(s)/ 

component(s) described in the 

submitted notification (summarized 

below) and subsequently authorized by 

the Board. The benefits that may stem 

from conducting production activity 

under FTZ procedures are explained in 

the background section of the Board’s 

website—accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. The proposed material(s)/ 

component(s) would be added to the 

production authority that the Board 

previously approved for the operation, 

as reflected on the Board’s website. 

The proposed foreign-status materials 

and components include: plastic 

packaging bags, bubble wrap, cushions, 

and end caps; printed paper labels; and, 

paper and paperboard cardboard 

packaging cushions and dividers (duty 

rate ranges from duty-free to 3.0%). The 

request indicates that certain materials/ 

components are subject to duties under 

section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 

(section 301), depending on the country 

of origin. The applicable section 301 

decisions require subject merchandise 

to be admitted to FTZs in privileged 

foreign status (19 CFR 146.41). 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

January 16, 2024. 

A copy of the notification will be 

available for public inspection in the 

‘‘Online FTZ Information System’’ 

section of the Board’s website. 

For further information, contact 

Juanita Chen at juanita.chen@trade.gov. 

Dated: November 29, 2023. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26620 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Steel Import License 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on September 

26, 2023, during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Steel Import License. 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0245. 

Form Number(s): ITA–4141P. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 4,250. 

Average Hours per Response: Less 

than 10 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 78,820 hours, 

including 416 burden hours for lowvalue licenses. 


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